There are thoughtful days in the lives of children—at least there were in mine when they grapple with all the great, primary subjects of knowledge, and reach, in a moment, conclusions which no subsequent experience can shake.
Douglass reflects on the moments in childhood when fundamental understandings and unshakable conclusions about life are formed.
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Treason had shot its poisonous roots deeper, and had spread its death-dealing branches further than any northern calculation had covered.
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.